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Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010
Managing Water in the 21st Century
Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010
Last fall and winter, Clean Water Fund worked with local allies in Prince William and Loudoun Counties to hold workshops on 21st Century approaches to managing our water resources. This fall, we will be organizing follow-up workshops that explore ways in which reducing water waste, including water re-use and other money-saving techniques, will help communities to develop sustainable water management practices.
Clean Water Currents|online, Volume 37, No. 2, Summer 2009
In this issue of Clean Water Currents|Online:
For California Woman, Protecting A River Can Cost You A Job
Heather Wylie traded her job for a river. And, given the choice, she'd do it again.
How Safe is Your Bath Tub?
Summer 2009, Volume 37, No. 2
Children's bubble baths should be clean, safe and fun. But No More Toxic Tub, a report published in March 2009 by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in partnership with Clean Water Action and other organizations, found contaminants and other hazardous ingredients in numerous popular shampoos, soaps and body care products marketed to babies and children. The report lists 38 products that were shown to be contaminated with the carcinogenic chemicals formaldehyde, 1,4-dioxane or both, although neither contaminant appears on product labels.
Restoring the Clean Water Act Must Top Congress' Agenda
Clean Water Currents|Online, Summer 2009, Volume 37, No. 2
Legislation introduced in the United States Senate April 2 would restore critical Clean Water Act protections lost through six years of confusing and contradictory court and government agency decisions.
The Clean Water Restoration Act was introduced by Sen. Russell Feingold, D-WI, and several co-sponsors.
For California Woman, Protecting A River Can Cost You A Job
Clean Water Currents|Online, Summer 2009, Volume 37, No. 2
What You Won't See In Those 'Clean Coal' Ads: Dirty Air, A Wall of Sludge, Poisoned Rivers
Clean Water Currents|Online, Summer 2009, Volume 37, No. 2
Surely you've seen the ads. They are scattered around the internet and splashed across our newspapers and magazines. Their commercials interrupt our favorite television shows and invade our local radio station's airspace. Yes, the ads are everywhere. But that doesn't make them true.
No PR campaign, no matter how well executed, can make coal clean. It's simply not possible.
Chesapeake Currents Summer 2009
Chesapeake Currents Summer 2009
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Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2009
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Other Publications
Anacostia Restoration Fund Survives Threat of Budget Grab
Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010
Last year, with the help of Clean Water Action members, the District set up a new fund supported by a fee on plastic and paper bags to help restore the Anacostia River and other District waterways. However, within a few months, this fund was threatened by proposals to raid the money to support other programs. One of the many positive aspects of the legislation that imposed a fee on bags was that it would generate money for river clean-up efforts, and thus provide funding during challenging fiscal times.
Delaware News Source Illuminates Toxic Threat to Water Supply
Chesapeake Currents|online, Summer 2010
The Wilmington News Journal recently published a stellar expose on groundwater pollution in Delaware, and the region served by the Potomac Aquifer, the groundwater supply for significant portions of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Reporter Jeff Montgomery has covered the environment for years, and his devastating series of articles details serious threats to groundwater resources that support drinking water for many residents of Delaware and its neighbors.
The series reports:
California Currents, Summer 2010
Stories in this issue:
- Mixed News On The Water Bond!, page 1
- Unveiling Toxic Secrets, page 2
- Letter from the President, page 3
- Upstream Solutions, page 4
- Big Oil Attacks Climate Change, page 5
- Clean Water: Now and For the Future, page 6
- Blugirl Art, page 7
- Clean Water Blog, page 7
- CA Legislative Update, page 8
California Clean Water Currents, Summer 2010 (pdf, 2.2 MB)
Carbon Capture and Geologic Storage
Risks to Public Health and Water Resources
Carbon Capture and Storage Overview
Protecting Michigan children's health and growing our economy through green chemistry
Michigan is only as strong as its next generation. That's why Michigan legislators must be forceful advocates for the health and safety of children, especially children in economically disadvantaged areas who are typically exposed to higher levels of pollutants.
Childhood Asthma Prevalence (ages 0–17)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
This can be accomplished through laws limiting chemicals and pollutants linked to afflictions like childhood asthma, obesity, autism, learning disabilities and cancers.
Many of our laws and protections, however, are outdated, ineffective and have not kept pace with a new generation of scientific and health research.